Monday, October 18, 2004

Protect Our Civil Liberties

Used to be acceptable on both sides of the aisle. Not anymore. Three Oregon school teachers were removed from a Bush speech and threatened with arrest because they wore t-shirts displaying that treacherous phase.
The women said they did not intend to protest. "I wanted to see if I would be able to make a statement that I feel is important, but not offensive, in a rally for my president," said Janet Voorhies, 48, a teacher in training.

“We chose this phrase specifically because we didn't think it would be offensive or degrading or obscene," said Tania Tong, 34, a special education teacher.

Link from Rishi.